Simply Sesame Vanilla with Almond bits 10 oz jar. Simply Sesame is simply a delicious creamy spread. We created Simply Sesame using Sesame seeds and all natural ingredients to bring you our heavenly and nutritious spread. It is a nutrition powerhouse, packed with essential vitamins, minerals and amino acids. Sesame seeds and sesame oil are known for their anti-oxidant properties and cholesterol and blood pressure lowering effects. No preservatives, additives are added. This product contains no trans fat and no cholesterol. Its content of sodium is also very low.

This spread has the consistency of a nut butter (may separate a little bit during storage; just stir it back up and it’ll be fine) and a light tan color. It doesn’t have a strong sesame taste, which is probably for the best considering it also contains sugar and vanilla! It’s sweet (but not too sweet) and works on crackers and similar products. Would be useful in a lot of circumstances where peanut butter is useful. I do like the taste and would consider purchasing it again.

It’s difficult to find information on this product online, so I’m going to list the ingredients and discuss the nutritional value for a bit.

So it’s vegan and gluten free, if those are of concern to you. It does not contain any peanut ingredients, but it does have almonds, so watch out for that if you are allergic to tree nuts.

One serving is only a tablespoon, which is a little small for my taste. This is equal to 87 calories, 56 of which are from fat (6 g of fat total, with 1 g of that being saturated fat). This has no trans fats and no cholesterol. One serving has 24 mg of sodium, which is pretty low. This has 4g of carbs (no fiber), 3 of which are sugars. This also has 3 g of protein. There’s 4% of your daily calcium and 5% of your daily iron. And that’s it, with respect to the nutritional value.

All-in-all, I’m glad to have discovered this product (received it in a Vegan Cuts subscription box). I get a little tired of peanut butter all the time so I’m glad to have an alternative.

I didn’t know what to expect since this was my first time trying sesame spread, but I was very pleasantly surprised. Just enough sweetness without being overbearing, and a mild nutty flavor that reminds me of the subtle hazelnut in Nutella but even better. I tried it with bananas, apples, bagels, oatmeal, and granola, and it paired very well with all of the above. Great healthier alternative to Nutella or Trader Joe’s cookie butter – I highly recommend Simply Sesame.